- Job number: SRH05603
- Status: Consultant
- Position: Missions
- Country: Syria
- Contract Type: Consultant
ABOUT THE MISSION
Deadline to respond to the consultancy : 02/01/2024
Start Date: 1st of March 2024
End Date: 30th of November 2024
Location: North West Syria
SOLIDARITรS INTERNATIONAL (SI) is a humanitarian NGO which is committed to meeting the vital needs of populations faced with a major crisis of human or natural origin and to strengthening their resilience, particularly regarding Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, and food security.
After over ten years of conflict in Syria, the impact of present and past hostilities on civilians remains the principal driver of humanitarian needs. North East (NES) and North West Syria (NWS) contexts are both characterized by: (i) ongoing and protracted displacements with low return opportunities, into densely-populated areas where humanitarian assistance is overstretched, (ii) no availability of alternative durable solutions, such as eventual re-installation or re-integration within host community because of social and cultural related issues, as well as the will of authorities to protect local communities, (iii) the depletion of productive assets and savings, (iv) limited economic opportunities and (v) the widespread destruction and contamination of agriculture and water related infrastructure by past and recent air raids, shelling and explosive remnants as well as other infrastructures have had a profound impact on the population. The COVID-19 pandemic further exacerbated a fragile situation with a potentially disastrous impact on vulnerability levels of communities across the region. Eventually, the area of intervention is facing a cholera outbreak since September 2022, which further demonstrate how public health is at stake.
ABOUT THE CONSULTANCY
Over a period of 18 months, the overall objective of the project, under the FPI grant, will be to enhance access to education and health services in Northwest Syria, following the earthquakes of February 2023. SI will support the restoration of the education and health systems in NWS, focusing primarily on facilities located in the districts of Harim, Idlib and Jisr Elshogur, in Idlib governorates as well as Jebel Saman in Aleppo governorate.
Under this consultancy, the Consultant must support SI to rehabilitate and improve school and public health facilities affected by the earthquake, ensuring they are structurally sound, safe, and conducive to impart education and health services as intended. This includes evaluating the current state of the facilities vis-ร -vis their seismic strength, identifying areas of improvement, and developing a retrofitting plan, if required.
The main objectives of this consultancy are:
(a) Structural assessment, design and tender documents
(b) Carry out monitoring visits to the site for quality assurance of the retrofitting works.
SI will help and support the consultant for collecting data, drawings or any other information required, for implementing the activities under this consultancy, from the Local Authorities.
Structural assessment
The Consultant shall conduct a thorough structural assessment of selected earthquake-damaged schools and public health facilities. A full report should be prepared on the findings and used as the Design Basis Report in the next step.
Repairing/Retrofitting plan and Preliminary & Detailed design
After the DBR is approved by SI, the Consultant shall review the selected schools and health facilities against the seismic risk and required mitigation measures. The said review will encompass adequacy of existing structures against seismic loads, as well as an assessment of possible repairing/retrofitting measures that may be required based on BBB approach. A full report and recommendations should be prepared.
Preliminary Design: Explore a range of retrofitting and repair options applying SIโs BBB approach for each facility, considering both structural and non-structural elements, and evaluate the cost-effectiveness and feasibility of each solution, considering the building's architectural and historical significance, as well as budget constraints and submit the findings with recommendations to SI for selecting the most appropriate retrofit option.
For more information ToR Here
YOUR PROFIL
Type of Firm and Specialization Areas
The preferred firm shall primarily be an engineering/ architectural consultancy registered in NW Syria and well experienced in the design and retrofitting/restoration of public schools and health centers in post disaster recovery contexts.
This experience shall have addressed a broad range of simple buildings infrastructure for: hospitals and health centers; primary, secondary and specialist technical schools; public administrative facilities and public markets. These essentially will have been successfully addressed through close working relationships with local authorities, with strong emphasis on community participation in producing a culturally & climatically appropriate built environment.
Corporate Qualifications
The preferred firm shall demonstrate commercial qualifications for the NW Syria context by submission of currently valid Articles of Association, Chamber of Commerce Registration, tax payment certificate, corporate and employee police clearances and for the good governance context, no history of blacklisting by UN and/or any other international development institutions.
Years of Experience
The preferred firm shall demonstrate at least 10 years design experience for multiple public building sites. This shall include at least five yearsโ experience in design and construction for primary/ secondary schools and public hospitals/ community health centers.
Firms Key Attributes
The preferred firm will demonstrate a thorough familiarity with the relevant overarching National government regulations and standards and the specific standard buildings drawings and technical specifications for the Ministries of Health and Education. It also shall evidence of familiarity with disaster resilient planning and building design based on international best practice enabling a Build Back Better initiative and higher standards than those currently prevailing in NW Syria.
Moreover, the preferred firm must demonstrate a strong capacity for traumatized stakeholder engagement in multicultural participatory development team environment embracing National/Provincial government agencies, education/health officials and community members. This will be a very demanding project which expects timely, high-quality outcomes on all fronts
The Consultantโs team must comprise of at least one Project Manager and one Senior Structural Engineer/Designer.
In general, the consultantโs team should combine the following criteria:
- A solid and diversified experience in designing, supervision or construction of health facilities, schools or similar nature of services in NW Syria.
HOW TO APPLY
Interested bidders should ask for the ToR to the SYR - Tender tender@solidarites-syria.org email address Meeting of ToR clarifications/questions will take place with the interested bidders on Wednesday 13 of December, 10am Amman timeThen they are required to submit their proposal, using the following guidelines: Cover letter โ one-page maximum
Technical proposal - 6 pages including the following but not limited to Understanding of the assignment Proposed methodology, tools and techniques Propose clear timeline Composition of team, their resumes and assigned roles Financial proposal. Includes breakdown of costs Consultant profile: Training and qualifications Professional experience (if relevant to consultancy, specific skills and/or specific context conditions) Experience in in similar context Experience in facilitating learning and participatory processes (in the case of a learning-oriented evaluation with co-construction of lessons learned and recommendations) Knowledge of the country/area of intervention Required qualities Languages Sample copy of at least two similar assignments in past work. 03 References
Criteria of evaluation of the offers will be:
Price: 60%
Summary of technical score: 40%
The detailed Technical Evaluation criteria is provided in Annex - IV
Offer not including at least 1 reference for consultancy of public or commercial building structure retrofitting/design will be not considered.
Solidaritรฉs International considers individual candidates and teams equally.
The applicants must send off requested documents electronically